poetry
Unfinished Business
Did you ever have an unrequited romance? Do you still think of that person? That moment? How long has it been? And how do you let it go?…
the old man carried piglets
It’s the last day of National Poetry Month, and I find looking at a photograph can inspire. Here’s my last one for…
Learning To See
April is National Poetry Month, so I’m sharing words in a different way. There was only one crayon I liked in the…
The First Taste
We started with childhood innocence and then we moved to adolescent shame. Now we are getting a little more mature. Since everyone…
Adolescence: Learning Shame
I hadn’t wanted to go. Parents pulled me from ants and pebbles, the solidity of bark, leaf and wall to hear breathing…
An Unconventional List of My Transgressions
Once I shared my fears with you and you supported me. As I move toward Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement,…
The Piano Lesson
I wrote this poem along with students in a poetry writing workshop that I conducted several years ago. …
Puddle Wonderful
There are so many things I love, few things more than a fabulous sun shower….